On May 17, 2024, Law No. 21,664, which amends the Chilean Sanitary Code to define the concept of meat and prohibit the use of this designation for products that are not of animal origin, was published in the Official Gazette. This law introduces a new Paragraph III to Title II of Book Four of the Sanitary Code, called “Of Meat”. New Article 105 undecies defines “meat” as “the edible part of the muscles of slaughter animals such as cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats, camelids and other species fit for human consumption”, replicating the definition contained in Article 268 of the Sanitary Food Regulations (Decree No. 977/96)...
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Carey is Chile's largest full-service law firm. Our various corporate, litigation and regulatory groups include highly-specialized attorneys and practice areas covering all areas of law. Our clients include some of the world's largest multinationals, international organizations, and some of the most important local companies and institutions. We are perceived as one of the best managed law firms in the country and we are amongst the very top in Latin America.
We are an effective bridge between legal systems. Most of our partners and senior associates have worked in North America, Asia, and Europe, as foreign or regular associates with leading international law firms, or as in-house counsel for major corporations or international institutions.
Carey is the law firm in Chile with the most practice areas ranked as Band 1 by Chambers Latin America: Banking and Finance; Corporate, M&A; Labor; Energy and Natural Resources; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Projects; Tax and Telecommunications.
Year this Office was Established: 1905
Lawyers Worldwide: 278
Languages: Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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Guillermo Acuña
PartnerÓscar Aitken
PartnerManuel Alcalde
PartnerFrancisco Arce
PartnerManuel José Barros
PartnerJosé Miguel Bustamante
PartnerAlberto Cardemil
PartnerJorge Carey
ChairmanJaime Carey
Managing PartnerFrancisco Carey
PartnerGuillermo Carey
PartnerJaime Carey, Jr.
PartnerFrancisca Corti
PartnerAlejandra Daroch
PartnerCristián Eyzaguirre
PartnerGonzalo Fernández
PartnerCristián Figueroa
PartnerManuel José Garcés
PartnerIgnacio Gillmore
PartnerFrancisco Guzmán
PartnerJosé Tomás Hurley
PartnerPablo Iacobelli
PartnerJuan Guillermo Levine
Emeritus PartnerCamilo Lledó
PartnerJuan Francisco Mackenna
PartnerAldo Molinari
PartnerFelipe Moro
PartnerFernando Noriega
PartnerJosé Pardo
PartnerLorena Pavic
PartnerDiego Peralta
PartnerMónica Pérez
PartnerJessica Power
PartnerJulio Recordon
PartnerRicardo Reveco
PartnerJuan Carlos Riesco
PartnerMarcos Ríos
PartnerPatricia Silberman
PartnerAlfonso Silva
PartnerJuan Pablo Stitchkin
PartnerFrancisco Ugarte
PartnerJorge Ugarte
PartnerSalvador Valdés
PartnerMatías Vergara
PartnerRafael Vergara
PartnerRoberto Villaseca
PartnerAssociates
Tomás Águila
AssociateFranco Aguirre
AssociateSantiago Aitken
AssociatePablo Albertz
AssociateEduardo Alcaíno
AssociateCarlos Alcalde
AssociateRodrigo Aldoney
Senior CounselCatalina Aldunate
AssociateSantiago Alé
AssociateFlorencia Aleuanlli
AssociateIgnacio Alfaro
AssociateVictoria Alonso
AssociateJaviera Álvarez
AssociateAntonia Ananías
AssociateMaría Anguita
AssociateAntonia Araya
AssociateMaría Paz Arteaga
AssociateJaviera Avilés
AssociateCarolina Baeza
AssociateStefani Baeza
AssociateIsmael Bahamonde
AssociateCristóbal Balic
AssociateMaximiliano Barrenechea
AssociatePablo Bauer
AssociateSofía Beckdorf
AssociateCamila Beltrán
AssociateCrescente Bernales
AssociateAlan Blanche
AssociateFelipe Bravo
AssociateJosé Ignacio Burchardt
AssociatePedro Burstein
AssociateCristina Busquets Busquets
AssociateVesna Camelio
AssociateMartín Canessa
AssociateIsabel Cantillana
AssociateBruno Caprile
AssociateAndrés Carrasco
AssociateFrancisca Castillo
AssociateAlejandro Cerda
AssociateLucas Cerna
AssociateJaviera Chacón
AssociateFrancisco Chahuán
AssociateSergio Cifuentes
AssociateFrancisco Contreras
AssociateJosefa Contreras
AssociateEmilia Corbo
AssociateCarlos Costabal
AssociateJaime Coutts
AssociateBorja Coz
AssociateAnastasia de Castro
AssociateStefano De Cristofaro
AssociateAngélica De la Carrera
AssociateVictoria De la Cuadra
AssociateJuan Pablo De la Maza
AssociateJosefa Del Real
AssociateSofía Delporte
AssociateEnzo Devoto
AssociateSamuel Díaz
AssociateNicolás Díaz
AssociateRodrigo Domínguez
AssociateAntonio Dourthe
AssociateBenjamín Echeverría
AssociateIgnacio Echeverría
AssociateSantiago Edwards
AssociateJosé Luis Enberg
AssociateCarla Encalada
AssociateMacarena Encinas
AssociateBenjamín Errázuriz
AssociateSergio Escobar
AssociateClaudio Escobar
AssociateJosé Antonio Espinosa
AssociateMaría Eyzaguirre
AssociateFrancisca Eyzaguirre
AssociateArturo Fasani
AssociateTamara Feliú
AssociatePablo Fernández
AssociateIsmael Figueroa
AssociateOctavia Figueroa
AssociateAgustín Figueroa
AssociateFernando Flores
AssociateAntonieta Flores
AssociateCristóbal Flores
AssociateNicolás Fontaine
AssociateArturo Fontecilla
AssociateJaviera Forni
AssociateNicolás Fosk
AssociateCatalina Frenck
AssociateJosé Pedro Fuentealba
AssociateSebastián Fuentes
AssociateFernanda Gabor
AssociateIgnacio Gallego
AssociateRaimundo Gálvez
AssociateConsuelo Gálvez
AssociateMatías Garcés
AssociatePaulina García
AssociateFernando García
CounselGabriela García
AssociateJorge Gatica
AssociateMatías Gatica
AssociateMaría Paz Godoy
AssociateSebastián Gómez
AssociateDaniela González
AssociateFernanda Gorgollón
AssociateJoaquín Granados
AssociateMatías Granic
AssociatePedro Gutiérrez
AssociateMariana Guzmán
AssociateKureusa Hara
AssociateJaime Henríquez
AssociateFelipe Hepner
AssociateJaviera Herrera
AssociateMaría Jesús Herrera
AssociateGonzalo Herreros
AssociateFelipe Hinzpeter
AssociateDiego Hormazábal
AssociateJosefina Hurtado
AssociateAndrés Ibarra
AssociateJosefina Iglesias
AssociateValentina Inostroza
AssociateTomás Iturriaga
AssociateTomás Jadresic
AssociateBenjamín Jana
AssociateSebastian Jara
AssociateIgnacia Jiménez
AssociateFrancisco Jiménez
AssociateLoreto Joannon
AssociateRaimundo Johnson
AssociateCarla Karzulovic
AssociateValentina Kuscevic
CounselSantiago Lagos
AssociateMariana Larraín
AssociateVicente Larraín
AssociateDiego Lasagna
AssociateAndrés Latorre
AssociateCamila Lavín
AssociateFrancisco León
AssociateCamila Lira
AssociateÓscar Lizana
AssociateBenjamín López
AssociateDaniela Lozano
AssociateGonzalo Lucero
AssociateMateo Magasich
AssociateGustavo Marambio
AssociateNicolás Marín
AssociateJosefina Marshall
AssociateEduardo Martin
CounselFlorencia Martínez
AssociateRaúl Mazzarella
AssociateBastián Medina
AssociateIván Meleda
AssociateSebastián Melero
AssociateMagdalena Menchaca
AssociateJosé Ignacio Mercado
CounselJosé Ignacio Millañir
AssociateCarolina Miller
AssociateElías Mohor
AssociatePablo Morales
AssociateValentina Muñoz
AssociateMelissa Náquira
AssociateBorja Ochagavía
AssociateFrancisco Ossa
AssociateJosé Santos Ossa
AssociateMatías Osses
AssociateSara Ovalle
AssociateRicardo Padilla
AssociateNikolai Palaskov
AssociateBeatriz Parra
AssociatePablo Pavez
AssociateAdriana Peña
AssociateAlfonso Pérez de Arce
AssociateDaniela Pfeffer
AssociateNatalia Reinicke
AssociateEduardo Reveco
AssociateFelipe Reyes
AssociateFelipe Reyes
AssociateTrinidad Reyes
AssociateLoreto Ribera
AssociateConstanza Rivera
AssociateConstanza Rojas
AssociateDomingo Russi
AssociateJosé Pablo Sáez
AssociateJavier Salgado
AssociateCamila Sánchez
AssociateCatalina Sánchez
AssociateRebeca Silva
AssociateCatalina Silva
AssociateJorge Soto
AssociateDaniela Soto
AssociateGonzalo Soto
AssociateCamila Suárez
AssociateMarcela Tapia
AssociateFrancisco Torm Metz
AssociateAlejandro Toro
AssociateFernanda Torres
AssociateJoaquin Torres
AssociateArturo Tortello
AssociateConstanza Trisotti
AssociateCarlos Troncoso
AssociateTrinidad Tupper
AssociateFelipe Tupper
AssociateEugenia Ugarte
AssociateMaximiliano Urrutia
AssociateNicolás Valdés
AssociateCatalina Valenzuela
AssociateTomás Varela
CounselSebastián Vásquez
AssociateRocío Véliz
AssociateBenjamín Vico
AssociateMonserrat Vicuña
AssociateMaría José Vidal
AssociatePedro Pablo Vigneaux
AssociateIsidora Villalobos
AssociateMirko Villarroel
AssociateJuan Pablo Vukasovic
AssociateFelipe Wiener
AssociateFelipe Wilson
AssociateRaimundo Yáñez
AssociateVicente Yubini
AssociatePatricio Zapata
Senior CounselDominique Zuckermann
AssociateOther
Carol Conejeros
Certified AccountantSofía Contreras
Head of Internal Communications and Social MediaAlejandra Del Río
Regulatory Affairs ManagerMagdalena Engel
Marketing ManagerMaggie Fernandez
Head of Business DevelopmentTomás Flores
Senior Patent SpecialistJorge Fuentes
Director – IP/ITPablo Gangas
Certified AccountantJuan Francisco Hinojosa
Patent SpecialistPaulina Jarpa
Manager of Carey VisasMario Montes
Patent SpecialistGabriela Olivares
Patent SpecialistJaviera Péndola
Patent and Regulatory Affairs SpecialistJuan Pablo Qin
Project AdvisorNathalia Quiroz
Content AnalystMariela Riquelme
Certified AccountantAlejandra Risso
Certified AccountantLorena Rivera
Patent SpecialistMariana Sepúlveda
Senior EconomistBelén Serrano
Certified AccountantArticles
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On May 07th, 2024, the Chilean President of the Republic sent to the Chamber of Deputies a bill (the “bill”) regarding the regulation of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) systems, being the result of the work carried out on the former bill, the National AI Policy, comparative experience, and several international recommendations regarding AI ethics. Specifically, the bill aims to promote the creation, development, innovation, and implementation of AI systems that are at the service of people, and that safeguard democratic principles, the rule of law and people's fundamental rights...
Press
Carey achieves successful defense of NotCo for the use of the trademark “NotMilk”
Carey helps NotCo overturn unfair competition ruling Lily Squires 30 January 2024 Chilean plant-based alternative food unicorn NotCo has enlisted Carey to overturn a prior court ruling that previously barred the use of the trademark NotMilk trademark. The initial lawsuit was filed by the Los Ríos Region Milk Producers Association (APROVAL), which called on Coz & Blavi Abogados. The Court of Appeals of Valdivia in the southern Chilean province of Los Ríos reversed the initial judgement and dismissed the lawsuit on 16 January. The dispute began in 2020 when APROVAL alleged acts of unfair competition committed by NotCo through the use and advertising of its "NotMilk" product...
Codelco issues bonds for USD2 billion
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Blogs
Chilean Tax Reform
A new project to reform and modernize the Chilean tax system, and boost investment in the country, was presented by the government of President Sebastián Piñera on August 23, 2018. Through this website, and as with the two previous tax reforms, Carey will offer an analysis of the main proposed...
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Privacy, Technology and Telecommunications blog
Water Code Reform
During March 2011, a draft bill was introduced through parliamentary motion, initiating the discussion of a comprehensive amendment of the Water Code. During its legislative discussion, the project has been subject to significant changes through substitutive indications submitted in 2014 by the...